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32 Cards in this Set
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built telegraph
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Samuel F. B. Morse
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Who worked with morse to build telegraph?
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Leonard Gale
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having one or two crops to sell abroad at home
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specialization
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buying and selling items
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Market Revolution
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economic system in which private businesses and individuals control the means of production
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capitalism
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risked money in business
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entrepenaurs
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man who vulcanized rubber
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Charles Goodyear
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vulcinazation
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way of weather-proofing rubber
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Belief that it was US's destiny to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territories
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Manifest Destiny
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War in which a Native American leader was forseen sending colonists back to England,inspired him to lead a rebellion
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The Black Hawk War
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busy well-known avenue of trade, extends from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, NM
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Santa Fe Trail
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started in Independence, Missouri ended in Oregon
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The oregon Trail
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a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism.
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The Donner Party
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wagon covered with white canvas,
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prairie schooner
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a religous group that played a huge role in settling the West
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Mormons
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religous group that played a large role in settling the west
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Mormons
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a term used to identify individuals of Hispanic descent born and living in the U.S. state of Texas.
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tejanos
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non-Hispanic White Americans or non-Hispanic European Americans
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Anglo
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an individual who, in the early years of the settlement of Texas, had been granted the right to settle on Mexican land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
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empresario
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the cobination of texan and mexican culture
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tex-mex
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American leader of colonization in Texas
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Stephen F. Austin
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the river, long, is the third longest river system in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
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rio grande river
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"Napolean of the West"
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Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna
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American soldiers war cry
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Remember the Alamo!
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president who believed war with Mexico was neccessary in order to bring Texas, New mexico, and California into the Union
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James K. Polk
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John Slidell was sent by Polk to Mexico to purchase CA and Texas and gain approval of the Rio Grande as the Texan border
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Slidell Mission
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ordered by Polk to march into Rio Grande and blockade the river
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General Zachary Taylor
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William Proviso
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created amendment saying slavery wouldnt be allowed in Mexican territory, it was never passed
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was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery.
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John C. fremont
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marched 800 miles with troops to New Mexico which surrendered peacefully, "the Long marcher"
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Stephen Kearny
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Zachary Taylor's nickname
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"Old Rough and Ready"
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Winfield Scott's nickname
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"Old Fuss and Feathers"
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